Artist Profile: Tupac Shakur

Tupac Amaru Shakur, better known as just 2Pac and also Makaveli, was a rapper and actor from Manhattan, NY. Tupac first became famous in 1991. Since then he has sold over 75 million albums worldwide and is considered one of the Greatest MCs ever.

Tupac was a member of 3 rap groups: Digital Undergound, Outlawz and Thug Life. He was also signed with Death Row records as well as Intercope. His career lasted about 5 years when died on September 1996 at the age of 25 after being shot in Las Vegas.

During his career, Tupac was in 8 movies and released 6 Studio albums (more albums released after his death). He also had dozens of songs on the billboard charts such as “Dear Mama”, “So Many Tears”, “California Love”, “Changes” and “How Do You Want It”.